Medal Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Defense of Sepastopol

Medal, Table

Date:

1955

Materials:

Bronze

Dimensions:

D 2.25 in x W 0.1875 in

Accession Number:

337.4.82

Credit Line:

Gift. Roehrberg, Olga Vladimirovna

Description

On obverse: double-headed eagle, inscription "Въ память столѣтiя достославной обороны Севастополя," on bottom "Об-во Люб. Русской Военной Старины;" On reverse: inscription in French "A la memoire des 349 glorieuses journees de la defence de Sebastopol" and in English "In memory of the 349 glorious days of the defense of Sebastopol," 1855-1955. Struck by the Society of Lovers of Russian Military Antiquities.